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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Tens of thousands return to Northern Gaza in challenge to 'Israel'</h1>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>The
Israeli occupation's threats are falling on resilient, deaf ears as the
Palestinian residents of Gaza return to their homes in the north
despite these threats.</p><img src="cid:ii_lpd5fiet0" alt="8d0870f2-a0bd-4500-9f16-c4c1384b69c1.jpg" width="391" height="261"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>Palestinians move to northern Gaza as Israeli tanks block
the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine,
November 24, 2023 (AP)
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<p>Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been since the morning, the
time when the ceasefire deal went into effect, returning to the northern
Gaza Strip from the south, Israeli media reported on Friday.</p>
<p>The media added that the Israeli occupation forces will take strict
measures to prevent the Palestinians from moving between the south and
north of the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>In response, Israeli Cabinet member Israel Katz told <em>Channel 12 </em>that
"the army is trying to prevent tens of thousands of Palestinians from
returning to the northern Gaza Strip," stating that "the situation in
the north will not return to what it was before."</p>
<p>Israeli Security Minister Yoav Galant reiterated that "the ceasefire
is a short truce, and the Israeli army will return with full force at
its end."</p>
<p>Despite the threats from the Israeli occupation forces, which deployed tanks and military vehicles in the north and had<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-s-displaced-surrounded-by-incessant-israeli-bombings" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> targeted the displaced</a>
who left the northern Gaza Strip for the south, those same displaced
people, upon the implementation of the ceasefire in the early hours of
Friday, began to return to the North of Gaza. They flocked to their
homes, hospitals, and cemeteries in a blatant challenge to the Israeli
occupation.</p>
<p>The Israeli occupation is "threatening to open fire on anyone that
approaches its forces stationed in the city of Beit Hanoun," an <strong>Al Mayadeen </strong>correspondent reported.</p>
<h2>Returning despite the threats</h2>
<p>"The residents have started to return to Beit Hanoun with the
withdrawal of occupation forces and the beginning of the ceasefire," he
added, noting that the occupation forces, with their soldiers stationed
in the town, prevent residents from advancing.</p>
<p>Residents of Beit Hanoun confirmed that the occupation forces are
opening fire at those who try to pass a certain point in Beit Hanoun
while our correspondent explained that residents insist on inspecting
their properties regardless of the threats being made by the Israeli
occupation forces.</p>
<p>Some residents on Salah al-Din Street in the central Gaza Strip
stated that the occupation was opening fire toward gatherings of
residents who came out to inspect their properties, with its tanks
positioned in front of Kuwait Square.</p>
<p><span>Earlier in the day, aid and fuel trucks started to enter the
Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing as the temporary ceasefire came
into effect this morning, lasting for four days. This period involves
the release of </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/abu-hamza--we-will-never-abandon-our-prisoners">several detainees</a><span>,
including child detainees, from Israeli occupation prisons, along with
the entry of relief aid and quantities of fuel. In return, the
Palestinian resistance will </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas-committed-to-ceasefire--haniyeh-says">release some of the captives</a><span> in its custody.</span></p>
<p>In the hours leading up to the implementation of the temporary truce,
the Israeli occupation forces carried out intensive airstrikes on the
north, central, and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, targeting schools
that shelter displaced people, hospitals, and residential buildings,
resulting in dozens of martyrs and injuries.</p>
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